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CHAPTER 7<br />

BBU Suppression: Feedback<br />

Mechanisms<br />

In addition to modifying the electron beam optics, the threshold current can<br />

also be increased by modifying the characteristics of the dipole HOM. The properties<br />

that define an HOM are its frequency, QL, (R/Q) and the polarization of the mode.<br />

Because the cavities have been fabricated and installed, the latter two quantities are<br />

fixed. The frequency and QL, however, may still be modified.<br />

Damping the HOM quality factors is achieved primarily by HOM couplers.<br />

However, since the damping in the zone 3 cavities is insufficient to prevent BBU be-<br />

low 10 mA, two methods to provide further damping were developed. Sections 7.1.1<br />

and 7.1.2 discuss the successful implementation of cavity-based feedback systems<br />

which lower the loaded Q of a selected mode.<br />

While it was not pursued as earnestly as other suppression techniques, mea-<br />

surements of the HOM frequency shift as a function of the mechanical tuner position<br />

were made. With a sufficient frequency shift of the HOM, the phase factor sin(ωTr)<br />

can change sign and the mode will be in a pseudo-stable regime where the thresh-<br />

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